It is 1936, and Albert B. is one of the first French citizens to join the Fascist party. During the war, he becomes a collaborator. It’s only a matter of time before he dons a German uniform himself.T
A woman falls into a coma. Perhaps she’s going to die. Becoming the sleeper’s shadow, the woman’s daughter will accompany her mother through six weeks of agony, bearing witness to the prolonged death
A memoir and meditation on the themes of separation and silence, The Summer of the Elder Tree was Marie Chaix’s first book to appear in fourteen years, and deals with the reasons for her withdrawal fr
